Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH, directs Salud America!, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded Latino childhood obesity research network based at the Institute for Health Promotion Research at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Ramirez, an internationally recognized cancer health disparities researcher, has spent 30 years directing research on human and organizational communication to reduce chronic disease and cancer health disparities affecting Latinos, including cancer risk factors, clinical trial recruitment, tobacco prevention, obesity prevention, healthy lifestyles, and more. She also founded the SaludToday Latino health blog, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube pages.